Refugee homelessness increased at an alarming rate in 2023-2024. According to official government statistics, homelessness among people leaving asylum accommodation rose by 251%. Not only is this hugely traumatic for new refugees, but frontline services [...]
Home – A place for everyone During Homelessness Awareness Week (4th to 11th December), NACCOM partnered with the Law Centre NI and Housing Rights to host an event exploring collective solutions for people in [...]
On World Homelessness Day 2024, our External Affairs Manager, Hannah Gurnham, reflects on the work we're doing to bring an end to homelessness amongst people in the asylum and immigration system. "At a time [...]
119 organisations working in the fields of homelessness and migrants’ rights have today written to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat parties, urging whoever forms the next Government to address the [...]
In February 2021 we launched our Data Project, a three-phase project funded by the Lloyds Bank Foundation with the aim of helping NACCOM members to improve their data capture systems, increase their data confidence and [...]
In July 2023, the controversial and deeply inhumane Illegal Migration Act (IMA) became law, marking the biggest overhaul of the UK asylum system in decades. The Act will not only have a profound impact [...]
Homelessness amongst refugees leaving the asylum system has been on the rise over the last year, in large part due to a change in process to the asylum move-on period, introduced by the Home [...]
Our yearly Impact Report presents key highlights from the network’s collective work to alleviate and end destitution in the asylum and immigration system over the past year. The report also launches the findings from [...]
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has announced plans to ban people sleeping rough in urban areas from using tents, and to impose a new civil offence to deter charities from giving tents to homeless [...]
How can frontline refugee and asylum organisations prepare for the impact of the Illegal Migration Act? At our recent series of summer regional member Hub meetings, which brought members together to discuss challenges, [...]
On Tuesday 18th July, despite the efforts of Peers and some MPs, who worked alongside campaigners and charities to reinforce protections for particularly vulnerable groups, the controversial and deeply inhumane Illegal Migration Bill was [...]
The Illegal Migration Bill, which is currently making its passage through Parliament, represents a dangerous and far-reaching attack on refugee and migrants' rights in the UK, human rights more broadly, and domestic and international [...]
The Government's Illegal Migration Bill returns to Parliament today (26th April) to be debated by MPs. NACCOM and 52 charities and organisations that support and advocate for people experiencing, and at risk of, homelessness [...]
What are Regional Hub Meetings and why are they important? At the heart of the NACCOM network is the relationship we foster with our members. One of the ways we nurture and develop this [...]
One year after the launch of the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme, NACCOM reflects on its impact and the role that hosting has played in providing safe accommodation to refugees from Ukraine. [...]
More than 320 organisations have signed an open letter to PM Rishi Sunak calling out the Government’s latest anti-refugee Bill. The full letter, as well as the list of signatories, is below. Dear Prime Minister, [...]
Our response to the Government's 'Illegal Migration Bill', announced on March 7th. We are angry, disappointed and deeply concerned to hear of the Government’s latest cruel plans to bring in yet more unworkable, costly [...]
We're deeply concerned about the fairness of the new Asylum Questionnaire process. That's why we've joined over 170 others to write to the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, via a joint letter coordinated by the Immigration [...]
Suella Braverman has stirred up outrage over comments to a Holocaust survivor. NACCOM's Director, Bridget Young, considers the role that housing plays for people seeking asylum now, and how things could be better. This [...]
New briefing - NACCOM's Annual Survey Data 2022 We're pleased to publish a new briefing on levels and experiences of destitution in the asylum and immigration system, based on the findings of NACCOM's [...]
We’re delighted to launch our Impact Report for 2022 Our yearly Impact Report presents key highlights from the network's collective work to end destitution in the asylum and immigration system over the past year. [...]
NACCOM’s Community Research volunteer group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. Following the publication of the project report, the Community Researchers share their [...]
Important new research commissioned by Refugee Action and undertaken by Dr Jo Wilding reveals ‘legal advice deserts’ that are preventing access to justice and causing other wide-ranging negative impacts for people seeking asylum, refugees [...]
The UK Government's controversial Nationality and Borders Bill has become law after peers in the House of Lords were unsuccessful in voting through vital amendments that would have mitigated some of the worst aspects of [...]
NACCOM joins Praxis to warn of increase in destitution, poverty and homelessness as a result of Clause 11 of the Nationality and Borders Bill. NACCOM has joined with leading homelessness and migrants rights [...]
New research commissioned by the Mayor of London has concluded that the benefits of scrapping the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) policy far outweigh its costs, leading to net societal gains of up [...]
NACCOM's Director, Bridget Young, shares our priorities for the year ahead: As we roll our sleeves up and settle into January 2022, NACCOM stands strong and united as a network [...]
NACCOM’s BBC Radio 4 charity appeal ran from October 10th 2021 to Saturday 16th 2021, to coincide with World Homelessness Day on Sunday 10th October. >>> LISTEN TO THE APPEAL [...]
Last year, NACCOM supported two experts by experience to give evidence to a panel of MPs at the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee's inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on homelessness and the [...]
In our BBC Radio 4 appeal you will hear from Yasmin, who now has refugee status in the UK. Yasmin was forced to endure homelessness and destitution whilst her asylum claim was being considered. Like [...]
